Sahih Muslim Hadith 6149 – The Virtues Of

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[6149] 158 – ( … ) It was narrated that Hammâm bin Munabbih said: "This is what AN Hurairah narrated to us from the Messenger of Allah a." He narrated a number of AhadIth, including the Y. following: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'The Angel of J : Death came to Müsâ , and JLL) :4t said: "Answer the call of your Lord." Müsâ , slapped the eye L-1 :i JU of the Angel of Death and put it out. The Angel went back to LJ k:jU Allah, Exalted is He, and said: Lt :J "You have sent me to a slave of Yours who does not want to die, and he has put out my eye." ill ç iL :J Allah restored his eye and said: Ui "Go back to My slave and say: 3i :jUj- 4 '1 JU 'Do you want to live? If you want to live, put your hand on the back of an ox and however many hairs your hand covers, you will have one year for every hair." He said: "Then what?" He said: "Then you will die." He (Müsâ Virtues And Merits of Prophets 221 V,I) said: "Rather let it be now. 0 Lord, cause me to die a stone's throw from the holy land." The Messenger of Allah said: 'By Allah, if I were there I would show you his grave, beside the road, beneath the red mound."